Southfield’s 1-800-LAW-FIRM announces $10,000 contest for law students

The Southfield-based 1-800-LAW-FIRM has announced it will award $10,000 to any law student who wins their essay contest.

The first annual Law School Essay Contest will award and present the prize money to the winning contestant in front of the United States Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. in January 2015. Additional prizes of $500 each will be awarded to the authors of four selected essays.

This year’s essay contest answers, “What would you do to improve how legal services are delivered to the public?” The contest is open to all law students who are at least 18 years of age and who are enrolled, or will be enrolling, at an accredited American law school in 2014-2015. Students also must be US citizens and have a 3.0 cumulative GPA on a 4.0 scale.

“Our (legal) system doesn’t simply need to be repaired, it needs to be re-engineered. Law schools must empower their students to be that change. I believe that students who are asked to create change will create change. They will not accept the status quo and will not accept jobs that perpetuate the shortcomings of the past,” said 1-800-LAW-FIRM CEO Ari Kresch.

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